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Black Welshman aims to take the fight to the BNPhttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/aug/03/vaughan-gething-labour
In the first in a series of interviews with up and coming young Labour candidates, Paul Owen<strong> </strong>speaks to Vaughan Gething, the man aiming to be the Welsh assembly's first black politician about the BNP, Gordon Brown and Barack Obama<p>Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National party, was <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABoNxXXQCIc" title="speaking to Channel 4 News">speaking to Channel 4 News</a> last month when he made a statement that infuriated Vaughan Gething.</p><p>&quot;There is no such thing as a black Welshman,&quot; the BNP MEP for north-west England said. &quot;You can have a black Briton; you can't have a black Welshman. Welsh is about people who lived in Wales since the end of the last ice age.&quot;</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/aug/03/vaughan-gething-labour">Continue reading...</a>LabourWelsh politicsPoliticsUK newsRace issuesWorld newsBarack ObamaWalesBNPNick GriffinThe far rightMon, 03 Aug 2009 07:00:02 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/aug/03/vaughan-gething-labourAlicia Canter/GuardianVaughan Gething. Photograph: Alicia CanterAlicia Canter/GuardianVaughan Gething. Photograph: Alicia CanterPaul Owen2009-08-03T07:00:02Z